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Rank Group PLC
17 May 2002



                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     THE RANK GROUP PLC 

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     FMR CORP 
     FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LTD 

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

     NOTIFIABLE INTEREST  
     OF COMPANIES IN (2)
     ABOVE AND THEIR SUBSIDIARIES 

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them. 

      SEE BELOW 

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. 



6)   ( N/A %) of issued Class 

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class 

9)   Class of security

      ORDINARY SHARES 

10)  Date of transaction

     15 MAY 2002

11)  Date company informed

     17 MAY 2002 

12)  Total holding following this notification

     22,683,146
                
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 

      3.83% 

14)  Any additional information 



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries 

     CHARLES CORMICK
     TEL:  [phone] 

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for  
     making this notification 

     Date of Notification ....17 MAY 2002.... 


Amendment #7

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT 

1. Company in which shares are held:     RANK GROUP PLC 

2. Notifiable Interest:     ORDINARY SHARES 

     (A)   FMR Corp 
           82 Devonshire Street 
           Boston, MA 02109 

           Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company 
           (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds. (See Schedule A for 
           listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings.)

     (B)   Fidelity International Limited (FIL) 
           P.O. BOX HM 670
           Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda 

           Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, 
           including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), and Fidelity  
           Pension Management (FPM), investment managers for various non-US 
           investment companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for  
           listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings).

3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of: 

           Mr Edward C Johnson 3d 
           82 Devonshire Street 
           Boston, MA 02109 

   A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited. 

4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit 
   trust schemes in the U.K. notwithstanding the exemption from reporting 
   pursuant to Section 209 (1) (h) of the Companies Act 1985. 


5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate 
   notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the 
   purposes of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR 
   Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International 
   Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d 
   act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that 
   they are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis.

6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4) (b) of the Act, namely 
   where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a 
   right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of 
   such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.



Schedule A                                                    Amendment # 7

SECURITY: Rank Group Plc                          


                      SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED 
                                     COMPANY     NAME 

(Ordinary Shares)      1,970,710      FMRCO      Chase Nominees Limited 
                       1,911,294      FMRCO      State Street Nominees Limited
                       7,155,800      FMRCO      HSBC 
                       3,993,455      FISL       Chase Nominees Ltd 
                         145,800      FPM        Chase Nominees Ltd 
                         293,500      FPM        HSBC Client Holdings Nominees
                                                 (UK) Limited
                         437,800      FPM        Bankers Trust 
                         253,500      FIL        Chase Nominees Ltd 
                          36,600      FIL        Bankers Trust 
                         455,000      FIL        Bank of New York London
                         354,100      FIL        Northern Trust
                       5,675,587      FIL        HSBC Client Holdings Nominee 
                                                 (UK) Limited

TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES:22,683,146

CURRENT OWNERSHIP 
PERCENTAGE:                 3.83% 

SHARES IN ISSUE:     592,484,460

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS  
SINCE LAST FILING:    (1,154,100) ordinary shares




           The Rank Group Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust 
                                    (QUEST)

On 17 May 2002 each of the Executive Directors of The Rank Group Plc technically 
ceased to be interested in 11,683 Ordinary shares in The Rank Group Plc Ordinary 
shares by virtue of the QUEST transferring the shares to employees.


Contact:     Charles Cormick          020 7535 8012
             Company Secretary 
             The Rank Group Plc





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